Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Zula Swanson
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Zula Swanson (1891-1973)
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Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. (1895-1919)
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Dewey Gatson (AKA Rajo Jack DeSoto) (1905-1956)
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Roland Wentworth Boniface Bullen (1944- )

Explore Global African History

Guinea and Ethiopia regions, 1743
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The African Civilization Society (1858-1869)
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Cheikh Anta Diop University (1957–)
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Raphaël Élizé (1891-1945)
Ile Gorée, Senegal, 2015
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Gorée Island, Senegal (ca. 1000- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Afro-Uruguay: A Brief History
50 Cent CD in Russian
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The Afro-Beat in Russia: The Influence of Black Music on Russian Popular Culture, 1890-2002
New World Passover Celebration, Dimora, Israel, 2010
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The Black Diaspora in Israel, 1965 to 2011
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Telling Secrets, Spying Freedom: A Novel Account of Mary Bowser’s Civil War Espionage

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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